As I have heard MANY of the contestants on The Great British Sewing Bee exclaim, 'I am chuffed!' I sewed on ALL the buttons whilst waiting on My Sweet Babboo at physical therapy today. They are blind buttons; the vest actually closes with velcro and has a little wiggle room for fit, although the stripes won't line up quite so nicely if it isn't fastened up perfectly.
I have to admit...after looking at the photos I posted of the vest-in-process, I decided the pockets were marked too high, and I moved them down about 3/4". Basted everything in and made sure it was all on point, then took a deep breath and sewed the box for the pockets. Had to redo one about three times because I kept catching the end of the welt, but once I had verified that everything was stitched right I slashed through and just kept going.
Since I put a muslin of it on our actor playing the Scrooge character I'm fairly confident it will fit.
It's going to be Friday before I can have a block of time in the sewing room again. The caped cloak is next...
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